6 | Susie Triffit - British Evangelism and Worship after Covid-19

Welcome to the Divinity Divulged podcast! The first podcast series from the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge. In each episode we’ll be taking a look at one of the fascinating research projects happening within the Faculty through conversations with the researcher and an expert guest working in their field. With dialogue aimed at all of those studying or exploring religious studies across all levels, you can find details on how this episode relates to A Level and Scottish Highers Specifications as well as a glossary below. For this episode we are joined by Susie Triffit, PhD student in the Faculty of Divinity here in Cambridge, to talk through Susie’s ethnographic fieldwork within a Christian church group in Bradford as she looks to explore the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on British Evangelical evangelism and worship. Offering us their expertise this time around is Professor Joseph Webster, Professor of the Anthropology of Religion also in the Faculty of Divinity. Here, Susie talks us through violence and class barriers, battles between good and evil, and, naturally, Bible stories recreated through wrestling. We dearly hope you enjoy! Researcher: Susie Triffit Expert Guest: Professor Joseph Webster Host: Dr Joseph Powell Glossary – Anthropology/Theology Dialogue – An emerging area of scholarship which seeks to connect the methodologies, forms of knowledge and analysis between anthropology and theology with each other. Autoethnography – A ethnographic method in which the researcher connects their own experiences to their research topic/subject. Ethnography – An anthropological research method often involving immersive fieldwork that seeks to understand human cultures from the perspective of research participants. Theodicy – An argument which attempts to explain the presence of evil in a world created/governed by an all loving God. A Level Specifications – AQA 2B Christianity: Sources of wisdom and authority Expressions of religious identity The dialogue between Christianity and philosophy Christianity, migration and religious pluralism Pearson Edexcel 2 The nature and influence of religious experience The nature of religious experience 3 Problems of evil and suffering Theodicies and solutions to the problem of suffering OCR Philosophy of religion The challenge for religious belief of the problem of evil Developments in religious thought Sources of religious wisdom and authority Practices which shape and express religious identity, and how these vary within a tradition Ley themes related to the relationship between religion and society Scottish Highers Specifications SQA Christianity Beliefs Beliefs about God Nature of human beings: free will; sin; stewards Beliefs about Jesus Judgement; Heaven and Hell Practices Living according to the Gospels Christian action; the Christian community